How to Nail An Interview When You Lack Relevant Experience
Worried about your resume or making it through the job interview process? Here’s why you should create a tailored pitch instead.
Deep Work: Your Guide to a Life Transforming Skill
An Opening Promise (and a commitment from you) This guide to deep work can help you make lasting improvements to your life. It will only work if you make a commitment to reading it. All of the research on user behavior on the internet tells us that you’ll enter this page, scan it briefly, then…
One Simple Approach I Use to Score Interviews and Get Job Offers (And How You Can Too)
As I continue to explore my next move, I’ve focused on authentically sharing my story and adding value upfront. This has taken shape as a personal pitch deck. I’m using my Otis pitch deck as an example. Here’s the format that’s landed me conversations and interviews with several startups: So, why does this…
7 Ways to Accelerate Your Career (Starting Now)
You got the job, but what comes next? If you’re looking to accelerate your career and rise to the top, these 7 strategies are for you.
How I Landed a Sales Role at a Startup Company
You don’t need a college degree to become successful in today’s world, and I’m working hard to prove that statement. Recently I started my new role as a Business Development Representative at Everyday Speech and I couldn’t be any more excited about the opportunity! How Did I Get Here? I don’t have an extravagant work…
8 Things I Learned After 2 Months on the Job Hunt
In almost two months, I interviewed for eleven companies (mostly startups) and had twenty-one interviews in total before I finally landed a job. It’s been a lot of work but throughout the process I’ve learned so much. I’m currently at the end of a six-month-long professional development boot camp called Praxis. Throughout the six months,…
What I Wish I Had Known When I Started My First Job
This was originally published on mitchellearl.com and then as an answer on Quora to the question What’s the Best Advice for Someone Looking for their First Job? Mitchell is Director of Marketing @ Crash – the career launch platform. To learn more, visit Crash. I got my first real job at age 16 – bagging…
Two Job Applicants Walk Into a Bar…
This was originally Mitchell Earl’s answer on Quora to the question, “What is the Single Biggest Green Flag During a Job Interview?”. Mitchell is Director of Marketing @ Crash – the career launch platform. To learn more, visit Crash. Carl grew up a regular house pet. Will was raised by wolves. Both were products of…
You Got the Job. Now What?
Congratulations! You’ve just landed an awesome new role. This means you’ve successfully navigated the job hunt process, impressed a hiring manager, and convinced a company you’d be an awesome team member. That’s no small feat, and you should give yourself a pat on the back. But don’t spend too much time resting on your laurels…
5 Interview Mistakes Young People Make
Interviewing well is an essential part of launching your career. It doesn’t matter how good your initial application or pitch is to get your foot in the door if you can’t present yourself just as impressively in person! We’ve already compiled a number of tips to prepare for an interview. But what are the most…
Forget What School Taught You About Career Launch– Do This Instead.
Launching your career can be extremely overwhelming. You’re trying to understand this new career landscape and where you might fit in without having much work experience yourself while your teachers, professors, and parents typically have little to offer when it comes to sharing what opportunities are out there beyond their own professions. You feel pressure…
How to Research Praxis
Spending some time doing research is one of the best ways to learn about any product. We wanted to make it as easy as possible for you to answer all the questions you have about Praxis, so we compiled a list of the top places you can go to learn about our company! Check out…
Want to Pursue Marketing? Here’s Your Career Roadmap
When it comes to organizational goals companies and firms across every industry want to increase revenue and accelerate their growth. Marketing as a discipline and process is concerned with finding new pathways to increase growth along with making existing pathways more scalable and efficient. The upside for this role is when you get good at…
Do This Instead of Throwing Your Résumé at Hiring Managers
Want to be a standout candidate when you’re applying for a job? Stop relying on your résumé to sail you through the application process! Here’s how to get started: Tell your story, not your status. In “Tell Me Your Story, Not Your Status” Isaac Morehouse explains why the traditional résumé does no good at…
5 Reasons to Take That Next Interview
Why Turn Down That Interview? The better part of my career has centered, in one way or another, around interviews. As a sales manager I was heavily involved in the interview process. As a recruiter, I did initial screening interviews, trained people on interview technique, and coached hiring managers on how to interview their candidates…